Central Wisconsin Airport
CWA · KCWA · Mosinee, Wisconsin · Marathon County · map
Central Wisconsin Airport is a public-use airport owned by Marathon and Portage CO, 3 miles southeast of Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1,277 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 7,724 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 27 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 13,914 takeoffs and landings a year. About 95,767 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Central Wisconsin Airport?
Its FAA code is CWA, and its ICAO code is KCWA.
Where is Central Wisconsin Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1,277 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Central Wisconsin Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 7,724 feet long.
Does Central Wisconsin Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Central Wisconsin Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Central Wisconsin Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain, Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field, General Mitchell International, Laughlin/Bullhead International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Central Wisconsin Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Wausau Flying Service INC and C W Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Central Wisconsin Airport?
2 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Central Wisconsin Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CWA · ICAO KCWA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Marathon and Portage CO
- Elevation
- 1,277 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1969
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 7,724 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 6,501 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), building 18 ft high 960 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, 7,629 ft available for landing
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, stack 82 ft high 2,720 ft from the end
- Runway 35: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.75 | Cwa |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Cwa and aWOS-3 | 127.45 | Cwa |
| Ground | 121.9 | Cwa |
| Mosinee and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.4 | Cwa |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 715-693-1116.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Wausau Downtown Airport (9 nm north), Stevens Point Municipal (15 nm southeast), Marshfield Municipal (24 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Wisconsin · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed, high-intensity runway lights runway 8/26 preset low; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 8 and 35; runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 26; high-intensity runway lights runway 8/26 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. Runway 8, 17, 26 and 35 PAPI operators continuously.
- Ext 7.
- PAPI unusable beyond 6 degreess R of centerline.
- Taxiway east north of taxiway a not available for air carrier operations; general aviation and cargo aircraft rstrd to less than 100000 pounds.
- Landing fee for aircraft prvdg commercial services.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,932 departures from CWA in those twelve months, carrying 91,937 passengers in 123,670 seats (74% filled), to 18 destinations on 7 airlines.
All 18 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 17 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 13,914, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,664 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,138 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,299 |
| general aviation, local | 3,723 |
| military | 90 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mosinee from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Mosinee, Wisconsin: 16 piston singles, 2 drones, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Wausau Flying Service INC 4 aircraft · Wausau, 10 miles away Wausau Flying Service offers flight training, aircraft rentals, scenic flights, and charter services from Wausau, Wisconsin.
- C W Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Wausau, 10 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Kurt Gross private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Wisconsin Rapids, WI (26 nm) · (715) 572-9464 · [email protected]
- Shane Robert Lehman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Clintonville, WI (41 nm) · (920) 540-7502 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Mosinee 22 aircraft · 16 piston singles, 2 drones, 2 business jets
- Productivity Advantage INC 2 aircraft in town
- Mm AG Drone Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Wausau Flying Service INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- C W Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 964 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 730 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field (MSN) 177 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Envoy Air
- General Mitchell International (MKE) 33 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 9 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 4 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Rhinelander/Oneida County (RHI) 3 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Eppley Airfield (OMA) 2 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Wisconsin 1,619 since 1982 · 225 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Wisconsin 123 landing places
- Wisconsin 6,164 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CWA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.